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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the young student that the narrator describes discussing Mao with him and Man in Chapter 11?
(a) Bon.
(b) Sonny.
(c) Ngo.
(d) Claude.

2. What food does Madame offer to the narrator when he visits in Chapter 8?
(a) Bún bò Huế.
(b) Bahn mi.
(c) Pho.
(d) Spring rolls.

3. Where does the narrator wake up in the hospital after the accident on the movie set?
(a) Bangkok.
(b) Saigon.
(c) Manila.
(d) New York.

4. Where have the narrator and Bon landed in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Laos.
(b) Guam.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) The Philippines.

5. When did the narrator meet Claude?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what song does the General go onstage to dance with the performer at the wedding in Chapter 7?

2. What was the narrator's father's profession?

3. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"

4. What character is the Idol playing in the film?

5. Who is the author of Asian Communism and the Oriental Mode of Destruction?

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